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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Horoscope Fish" data-source="post: 266112" data-attributes="member: 13090">Re: Nikon D5200 and D3300Both of these cameras will give your good, and pretty much equal, photo and video quality based on the technical specs, though the D5200 takes a bit of a lead on paper with slightly better color depth and dynamic range. The things I like about the D5200 over the D3300 are that the D5200 has a lot more focus points (39 vs 11) and a lot more cross-type focus points (9 vs 1). The D5200 also has the articulating, flip-out screen which totally rocks if you plan on shooting a lot of video. It's also built-in protection for your LCD screen when you don't need to be looking at it.The big thing the D3300 has going for it is that it has an internal focus motor which can be important depending on what lenses you want to buy. With the internal focus motor you'll be able to use auto-focus on a much wider range of lenses. Without it, you'll need lenses that have the focus motor built-in, like Nikon AFS lenses. This may, or may mot, matter to you. The D3300 also has a higher maximum ISO and ever so slightly less noise at higher ISO's but not enough to score points in my book.Between the two, and based on what you're asking, I think the D5200 would be the better choice for you....</blockquote>